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Prof. Eisele
Thomas D. Eisele

Judge Joseph P. Kinneary
Professor of Law
v: 513-556-0091
f: 513-556-1236
e: thomas.eisele@uc.edu

Areas of Interest
Jurisprudence
Legal Imagination
Property
Wills, Trusts and Future Interests

Education
BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, University of Michigan
JD, Harvard Law School

After law school, Professor Eisele spent five years in private practice, with a law firm (Isham, Lincoln & Beale; 1973-76) and with a public interest group (Lake Michigan Federation; 1976-78). In 1978-79, he taught at the University of Chicago Law School as a Bigelow Teaching Fellow. From 1979 through 1984, Professor Eisele pursued graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Michigan.

After teaching as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Ohio State University (1984-85), Professor Eisele joined the law faculty at the University of Tennessee (1985-92). He visited the University of Cincinnati in 1991 and joined the faculty in 1992. In Cincinnati, he has served on the Board of Directors of H.O.M.E. (Housing Opportunities Made Equal).

Publications

What We Share, 71 U. Cin. L. Rev. 493 (2002) (symposium).

Taking Our Actual Constitution Seriously, 95 Michigan L. Rev. 1799 (1997) (essay reviewing Ronald Dworkin, Freedom's Law (1996)).

From "Moral Stupidity" to Professional Responsibility, 21 Legal Studies Forum 193 (1997).

The Poverty of Socratic Questioning: Asking and Answering in the Meno, 63 Univ. of Cincinnati L. Rev. 221 (1994).

Bitter Knowledge: Socrates and Teaching by Disillusionment, 45 Mercer L. Rev. 587 (1994).

"Our Real Need": Not Explanation, But Education, 3 Canadian J. of Law & Jurisprudence 5 (no. 2, July 1990), reprinted in Wittgenstein & Legal Theory 29 (Dennis Patterson ed., Westview Press, 1992).

"Never Mind the Manner of My Speech": The Dilemma of Socrates' Defense in the Apology, 14 Legal Studies Forum 253 (1990).